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How colonialism still shapes extinctions today, from island species losses to disappearing languages
- April 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Human activities have always shaped both biological and cultural diversity. An international team led by the University of Vienna has now investigated the link between the threat to species and that to languages. Linguists and biodiversity researchers identified a common key factor: European colonialism. The study has recently been published in the journal People and Nature.
Originally published at Phys.org